original system was :
antec 900
e6600
8800gts (g80 640mb)
2gb 800mhz ram
tagan 700w psu
nvidia 680i
but i wanted to have a go at watercooling, so i bought some new bits and in the process broke my graphics card so had to buy a new one :
coolermaster cosmos s
e6600
9800gtx+
2gb 800mhz
tagan 700w psu
nvidia 680i
+watercooling parts
i put it all together, and it worked for ten minutes, then turned off. the problem was a capacitor had broken off the card during instal, so i rma’d the new 9800gtx+.
i received a new card through my rma and rebuilt it.
didnt work.
motherboard received memory error code, so i bought some new ram to test, no difference. i noticed that on the back of the graphics card was a red light, so i thought that the card must be the problem.
i checked it with a different motherboard (an asus p5b), no post, no beeps, no picture.
after talking to this guy in the shop, i was told that the problem might be compatability, since the new card i got thru the rma was the newer version, with pci 2.0. so i bought a new motherboard with pci 2.0 support. and rebuilt it. still same trouble.
i bought a power supply and another 9800gtx+. i tried the new power supply, same trouble. i tried the new graphics card, no luck. no picture.
so, i have tried 3 motherboards, 2 graphics cards, 4 sticks of ram, two power supplies … i really feel like i have tried everything here …
the pc powers on, disks spin, fans go, water pump goes, motherboard power light is on … but no beeps, and no picture. red light on gfx card.
could it possibly be the processor ? could this have gone ? surely this would make the motherboard beep if there was a problem with the cpu … ??
the processor is the only component which i havent tried a new one, im reallllllly stuck
